Dr. Frank Veith comments on the future, the bright side and the challenges, of vascular surgery including the failed ethics in medicine and society.

" Another problem that all vascular specialists face is that we live in a very imperfect world. The ethics of America today are somewhat failed. We see it in our politicians who are in the tank for special-interest groups who finance their campaigns. We see it among our lawyers who want to convert every bad outcome to a judgment where the patients get compensated and where the lawyers get a good part of that compensation. We see it on Wall Street and in our insurance companies, who put profit above all other motives. And we see it in our healthcare system, tragically. Hospital executives, institutional leaders, and so forth may say that quality care is above all else, but that's not the way it works in many institutions. Instead, diagnosis-related groups, relative value units, and dollars are the motivating force for these individuals."
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Dr Veith discusses the bright future of vascular surgery, which is somewhat marred by administrative and ethical challenges.